On This Day in History | November 18 |
| |
| | |
|
|
|
1477 First English dated printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" by William Caxton is printed at his press in London |
1626 St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated in Rome, replacing an earlier basilica on the same site and becoming the world's largest Christian church |
 | A large mine placed by a British tunneling unit explodes under German
positions on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. |
|
1916 British General Douglas Haig finally calls off the First Battle of the Somme in World War I after more than 1 million soldiers are killed or wounded |
1978 In Jonestown, Guyana, 918 members of the Peoples Temple are murdered or commit suicide under the leadership of cult leader Jim Jones |
1993 Black and white leaders in South Africa approve a new democratic constitution |
|
|
|
|
|
Also George Gallup and Linda Evans (82) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sir Alec Issigonis, the man who revolutionised the car industry and created a Swinging Sixties icon by designing the groundbreaking Mini, was born on this day |
|
No comments:
Post a Comment